Shigure/Akito: Manipulation - A Fanmix

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[hymnia]

I've been downloading and listening all afternoon. I especially like: Everybody Here Wants You
Psychobabble
Junkie
Ask for Answers
Strange And Beautiful
Hallelujah
Slow Like Honey

Thanks!

BTW, if you're looking for songs that work for Akito's POV, I find that Tori Amos makes a good "voice" for her. I have two songs on my Furuba playlist that make that connection--"Sugar" for Kureno/Akito, and "Caught a Lite Sneeze" for Shigure/Akito. In some ways I find matching a song to a character is almost as much about finding an aural match as finding a lyrical match. The mix of sorrow, anger, sarcasm, and desperation that comes through in so much of Tori's singing just seems to fit Akito. I also like "Surrounded" by Chantal Kreviazuk for Shigure/Akito for similar reasons. The words fit the couple all right, but the sound of the song, a sound of crying out for someone, "Don't you lose sight of me!" is what really does it for me. Let me know if you want me to upload any of these.

[attaining]

Ah, you like the mellow, pretty music! I love those songs so much. <3 I'm glad you like them, too! You're welcome

[hymnia]

Chantal Kreviazuk ~ "Surrounded"

And as an added bonus, after I posted my earlier comment I remembered this song, which I think fits Akito-->Shigure about as perfectly as any song could:

Portishead ~ "Glory Box"

[attaining]

Thanks! <3

LMAO. Glorybox is on my Akito mix!!! Haha, we are synching!! I don't have the list in front of me (and I go back and forth on a few songs), so these are totally out of order, but this is what's on the mix:

1. Dominant - Emilie Autumn (instrumental)
2. Arsenal - Kidneythieves
3. Chinese Burn - Curve
4. Opheliac - Emilie Autumn
5. Paint It Black - The Tea Party
6. Milk - Garbage
7. Half Jack - The Dresden Dolls
8. Girl - Tori Amos
9. Black - Sarah McLachlan
10. Trip Like I Do - Crystal Method & Filter
11. Forgotten Sanity - Curve
12. Glorybox - Portishead
13. Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees
14. Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
15. Control - Poe
16. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
17. Truth or a Lie to Believe - Free Dominguez

[hymnia]

Haha! I told you it was a perfect fit, didn't I? :D And I'm interested in the inclusion of Fleetwood Mac/Rhiannon, too. I'm gonna have to take a closer look at the lyrics to that.

[attaining]

Haha, you did. I have love, love, love Portishead. If you like mellow trip hop, I could rec you a lot of songs or artists. "Rhiannon" was one of the songs I was questioning. It's a situation where I added it months ago and forgot my justification. I think it had to do with the Kureno-Akito-Shigure love triangle. One of the reasons Shigure tried to isolate Akito was because he couldn't have her in her current state. He couldn't have her as God; he couldn't have her as the center of others' lives; he couldn't have her when she was mentally unstable; he couldn't have her under Akira or Ren's supervision; or when she was with Kureno. Akito was unattainable, and that's why Shigure dragged Tohru into the mess and tried to snap the curse; to lift her burdens so he could reach her. As for Kureno, he stayed with, loved her, cared for her, made love to her, but he always knew there was someone else in her heart. "Rhiannon" has always struck me as a song about an unattainable woman, and Akito is definitely the poster girl for "It's lonely at the

[hymnia]

Yeah, I love pretty much everything sung by Stevie Nicks, solo or with Fleetwood Mac, so I like that song. I think your justification for it makes sense.